StaySky Suites International Drive

staySky Suites is an excellent place to stay in Orlando. Off the beaten path but not far from International Drive, it's a quiet hotel with a lively bar, nice pool and hot tub, and friendly, helpful and cheerful employees. The only reason I'm not giving it the highest rating is because the shuttle company they use does NOT accomodate mobility scooters, which I need. This cost me approximately $200 extra for cabs, which I was not happy about. But that is my only quibble

I’m from the uk. I know that you get what you pay for and im fairly average. So here’s my review. We were moved to this hotel in 2016 from a roach infested crap hole. We loved it here. So when looking to go back of course we chose this hotel again. Big mistake! Huge!! On arrival and check in we weren’t given our safety deposit key. So got into the room and looked for the safe (expecting one of those punch in your own code types) couldn’t find it. Rang down to reception. They’ll look into it. Next morning reception said still looking into it. A few hours later. Your key’s here....come and get it!? (The actual safety deposit box looked like an electrics box. So we had looked at it but disregarded it!) The room was ok. But grubby. A couple of smelly pillowcases. Drawers in the living area that kept opening. No dead bolt on door. Phone in living area didn’t work. Extractor in bathroom was really noisy. Nothing too bad. Just annoying. And a real difference from 2016!! Evening time came. We normally shower before going out for dinner and had put up with luke warm water for a few days when I decided to ask reception about it. First time I rang they said they would speak to maintenance and call me back. When I spoke to them again they said check the water and it was hot. Next night. Same thing. I rang again and asked if there was a problem. Was told no. Hot water would be available in 30-45 minutes. It wasn’t. So we went out and showered when we came back before bed because it was hot then. I’d had an email from the manager so explained about the water. I was told maintenance would check our room but there was no problem within the hotel. Next email said it had been checked. The temperature was 107 so it was hot. Unfortunately this wasn’t true. So i emailed the manager and said sorry but that wasn’t the case but let’s see what happens tomorrow. Next evening. Same again. So I videoed me holding my hand under the tap and sent it to the manager. Didn’t hear anything back. On the day we were leaving I emailed the manager again and sent him the pictures and videos on this review so he could see what it’s like to stay in the hotel. Nothing ruined our holiday. We were just disappointed after our great experience in 2016. And fed up with having to shower before bed because that’s when the water was hot. We won’t be back. There are soooo many other places to stay on Canada Drive and International Drive that we don’t have to. It’s a shame though that this hotel has lost it!